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The Smart Grid initiative brings together leaders and innovators from a number of established and emerging industries, as well as system integrators and consultants who have been involved in some of the early Smart Grid projects. Who are they? Scroll down to find out.
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A regular feature of Smart Grid News is the SGN Tech Take. In this series of articles, power engineer and architect Erich Gunther evaluates actual products and services against the SGN Smart Grid Scorecard. |
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After updating you on Cisco and GE Smart Grid strategies in recent posts, today Jesse Berst zooms in on IBM, which he’s calling the Smart Grid’s first and only super integrator. Do you agree? Click inside for a quick look at Big Blue's far-reaching role in our ecosystem (and a chance to nominate IBM strategies you want to know more about). |
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What’s touted as the world’s first Lithium ETF was launched by New York-based Global X Funds. Meanwhile, a man described as a ‘true guru’ of the global energy sector offers ideas on energizing a portfolio. |
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60,000 consumers in south-central Pennsylvania won’t notice any immediate changes—because nobody notices when the lights stay on—but their electric service is about to become more efficient, reliable and consumer-friendly as PPL Electric Utilities launches a smart grid project that includes GE’s world-class distribution management system. GE’s network management software gives PPL Electric Utilities new ways to “see” and control the status, performance and interaction of equipment throughout its grid. With the ability to see and fix potential problems before they occur, PPL Electric Utilities can minimize the frequency and duration of power outages. |
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With increasing frequency we’re seeing reports of new players or new partnerships in the home energy management space. Everyone wants in on the action. But Pike Research senior analyst Bob Gohn poses the billion-dollar question: Who will entice pesky consumers into “behavior change” – and be able to make money doing it? Don’t miss his analysis. |
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That innovation platform that Cisco is touting could have been Microsoft’s. There was a time when the software giant was the obvious candidate to create an operating system for the Smart Grid. But Jesse Berst says Microsoft has missed out entirely. Click inside to find out why. |
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Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced that it has closed financing totaling $106 million from a global syndicate of industry and financial leaders. |
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Cisco calls it an innovation platform. But Jesse Berst has taken a look under the hood and he's calling it the Smart Grid’s first operating system. Either way, the important thing is that we are finally starting to see the underpinnings of a real end-to-end platform. Click inside for details on this promising development. |
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GE just made a series of announcements that illustrate both the strengths and the weaknesses of its Smart Grid strategy. Take a look yourself and see if you agree with Jesse Berst that there may be individual strokes of brilliance in GE’s portfolio – but they are hampered by the lack of an end-to-end strategy to connect all the pieces. |
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Smart grid technology and software companies are encouraged to submit information about their products for inclusion in a Smart Grid Resource Guide being developed by researchers with the Smart Grid Research Consortium at Texas A&M University. |
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GE announced today a $200 million open innovation challenge that seeks breakthrough ideas to create a smarter, cleaner, more efficient electric grid, and accelerate the adoption of more efficient grid technologies. |
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Alvarion Ltd., the world’s leading provider of 4G networks in the Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) market, today outlined its strategy to provide the most open and flexible platform for 4G networks that use TDD (Time Division Duplexing) spectrum by formally announcing support for the upcoming TD-LTE standard, incorporating it into its industry leading 4Motion solution. |
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eMeter Corporation, a leader in Smart Grid management software, today announced the close of a $12.5 million round of private financing led by longtime investors Sequoia Capital and Foundation Capital, and joined by new investor Northgate Capital looking to leverage eMeter's leadership providing software solutions to enable successful Smart Grid implementations. Given the exponential growth of the Smart Grid industry over the past year, eMeter will use the new funding to expand eMeter's sales and marketing efforts in key markets, enhance services to current customers and continue investing in new products. |
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First Solar, Inc. today announced it has formed a utility systems business group to address the large-scale photovoltaic (PV) system solutions market. Jens Meyerhoff, 45, has been named president of the group. Mr. Meyerhoff has served as First Solar’s chief financial officer since 2006. |
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To reinforce its position as a leading water, gas and electric utility solutions provider, Utility Partners of America (UPA) announced that it has launched a new brand identity, in conjunction with the release of a revised website at www.utilitypartners.com. |
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It's been a busy week so far for Smart Grid wheeling and dealing: INFRAX Systems acquires Trimax Wireless, Tesla's IPO gets raves and Consert nets almost $18 million from heavyweight investors. |
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AT&T today announced it is extending its reach with smart grid solutions for utilities throughout the United States with a new agreement with CURRENT Group, a leading provider of distribution Smart Grid solutions. |
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General Electric expects to spend $10 billion within the next five years on Ecomagination, the green research and development program it started in 2005. The program has included development of smart appliances, battery technologies, compact fluorescent lighting, wind turbine manufacturing and more. |
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National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC), a leading provider of information technology products and services to utilities and telecommunications organizations, has once again been listed by Computerworld magazine as one of the 100 best workplaces for IT professionals in the U.S. This year, NISC ranked 22 and this is the eighth time in nine years NISC has been recognized by the publication. |
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S&C Electric Company, a leader in integrating renewable energy sources into the grid, today received a Green Industry Business Development Program Grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) for its testing facility, located in the Rogers Park neighborhood. To recognize S&C’s groundbreaking Advanced Technology Center (ATC) and the resulting efficiency the company now has in product development, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn personally delivered the news today and met with company executives and employees. |
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Itron has been selected to deliver an advanced metering system, including head-end and meter data management software and 100,000 smart meters, for the first phase of an ambitious Smart Grid project by Iberdrola, Spain's number one energy group. The initiative could grow to 10 million meters countrywide. |
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No one company has the full picture when it comes to home energy management. When it comes to the customer engagement and participation piece, however, OPOWER has the mind share lead, and the biggest number of on-the-ground installations, as this guest article by Sheldon Reiffenstein explains. |
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The country's sixth largest electricity transmission and distribution utility, Dallas-based Oncor, has signed on with an IBM-led coalition dedicated to promote the adoption of Smart Grids. The Texas utility celebrated a major milestone last week: installation of its one millionth smart meter. |
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Ice Energy, a provider of Smart Grid advanced energy storage solutions for the utility industry, has partnered with SAIC to deliver the company's Ice Bear distributed energy storage system to federal government agencies and the military. |
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The Areva group closed the sale of its transmission and distribution businesses to Alstom and Schneider Electric. Alstom will take over the transmission business and Schneider will take on distribution. |
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